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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in North Dardanelle, we use the following websites to find information relevant to North Dardanelle and the surrounding area.
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above
website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for North Dardanelle:
- 35.229319, -93.143110
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on North Dardanelle
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Pope County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pope County
- Since North Dardanelle is near Yell County and also Logan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Yell County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Logan County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Open the Waymark.com report for North Dardanelle
Curious and Interesting Names Near North Dardanelle ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Centerville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cotton Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cotton Town is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Town
- Delaware
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fowler
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fowler is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
- Holla Bend
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeview
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeview is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- London
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mars Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Mars Hill is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill
- Oak Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Pottsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Prosperity
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Prosperity is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosperity
- Reeds Ferry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Reeds Ferry is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Ferry
How Far From North Dardanelle to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as North Dardanelle to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in North Dardanelle and extending to:
- Russellville, which is the Seat of Pope County, lies just to the North.
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 60 miles [96.6 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from North Dardanelle to Little Rock, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 921 miles [1,482.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 53 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,719 miles [10,813.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,451 miles [11,991.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,329 miles [8,576.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- North Dardanelle) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <4> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from North Dardanelle to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in North Dardanelle. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2293, Longitude: -93.1431 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.788 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.285 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.677 degrees. |
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